[Spok]

Did McChrystal plan the whole thing?

[Clara Lou]

I think so.

[Neverforget01]

Did McChrystal plan the whole thing?

My guess too.

[DGHoodini]

I’m not inclined to think so, and I think he’s sorry he said it to a reporter, but I think he’s not going to back down
on why he said what he said, and feels the way he does.

But that’s just me reading tea leaves.

[GonzoGOP]

Did McChrystal plan the whole thing?

The war in Afghanistan started with the first major attack on US soil since the war of 1812 (the Japanese chucked a few shells into California in WWII). But the word came out last week that we were pulling out of Afghanistan. And when the Taliban and Al Quida march into Kabul, and a giant Mosque goes up over ground zero there will be no way to deny that we have lost the war. McChrystal had to find a way to quit before he had to be the man to turn off the lights. So he picks a fight with OBozo and get himself fired. Now some other poor slob has to go down in the record books as the general who lost the war in Afghanistan.

[ShandaLear]

Starting to look like it, isn’t it?

[roses of sharon]

If he did plan this..then why apologize?

If you are going to kill the King...don’t wound him instead!

(is that the correct quote? lol)

[MindBender26]

Probably.

[Lmo56]

Did McChrystal plan the whole thing?

Had to be planned - every West Point Cadet knows what happened between MacArthur and Truman ...

By giving the interview [and saying what he did], McChrystal knew that he was gonna have to resign or be fired ...

BTW: Servicemen should not publically disagree with policy - they are taught to respect the office [if not the man]. If feeling compelled to speak out - they should resign first. They are then free to speak their minds ...

[ecomcon]

Did McChrystal plan the whole thing?

All one really needs to know is whether or not he voted for Obama. If he did, it shows that McChrystal could not identify a mortal threat to our country that was staring him in the face.

If he did not vote for Obama, he deserves to be fired for allowing his aides to talk to god forsaken Rolling Stone magazine. In bars.

I'm sorry, but either way, McChrystal is a fool, his military credentials notwithstanding.

[Spaulding]

If we believe General Vallely, patriotic field grade officers are leaving in droves. McChristal was perceived by some as an Obama fellow traveler. Michael Yon believes McChristal was behind his loss of embedded status. McChrystal was also claimed the source of engagement rules requiring foot soldier to patrol without a loaded chamber. If true that is betrayal. So I doubt that it is. Officers must often take responsibility silently for the mistakes of others. But Obama's gang is not making mistakes. His intent is to stall until the change he seeks has been accomplished. There are few field grade officers, most of whom have an excellent knowledge of history who don't know that Obama is ineligible because of his alien status at birth. He had to have been born a natural born citizen, which meant being born in the country of two citizen parents. To presume that our framers, after a revolution, would pass control of our military to someone whose father was a Royalist is ridiculous. About that at least, Obama II was honest; he took his Dreams from his Father, the Muslim, Marxist, British Subject who sought Sharia law and Marxism for his predominently Christian country, Kenya.

About this puzzle palace we can only guess. It is possible that McChrystal read the statement by the Egyptian Foreign Minister in Reuters or Al Jazzera last week where the Minister assured his world that Obama had told him he is still a faithful Muslim, and asked the minister to wait a bit longer to see the proof. Whatever Obama has in mind, military officers and the judiciary are complicit. We already know that Eric Holder would hire Khalid Sheik Mohammad on the spot if he weren't tied up with some minor legal matter in New York. My guess is that McChrystal has seen enough of his soldiers die executing the political ambitions of a gaggle of committed Marxists, who will live like kings when they control the petroleum reserves of the world. If McChrystal thinks he can pacify the Muslim citizenry I recommend that he read Hirsi Ali or Wafa Sultan. (Sultan believes that only a Saudi King can reform Islam.) It is

[concerned about politics]

Did McChrystal plan the whole thing?

I'd say YES. I believe he gave his interview first, so people would hear what he had to say before Oboma had a chance to demonize him once he handed in his resignation.

[Eleutheria5]

Most likely. Now Obama will simply study the resignation, then study possible replacements, then study his studies, then study those studies of studies, then accept, then study possible replacements, then run for reelection and lose.